The problem with every American candidate regarding the presidency, I am not talking only about this campaign or elections, but generally, that they say something during the campaign and they do the opposite after the campaign.

In the war, you lose areas, but you recapture another area. So, it is difficult to tell whether you are losing or gaining or it was a standstill. No-one has this answer.

This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that's good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in their policies.

Anyone who's not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you're advancing ?

Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.

I cannot afford to make mistakes.

If you ask Americans whether they've been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they'll tell you that it's a very difficult proposition.